Hotel Reviews of Indien Hermitage

5.75
Harsha, Bangalore | 11^th July 2008
Hotel Review of Indien Hermitage
Comments: The drive to the hotel was ardeous and tough, keep your phone handy for directions. The road is non existent for the last 1.2 Kms, so if you are the adventurous kinds you will love it, if you arent just hire a good car and wait till you get there. But once you are there, you will realise that all the effort was worth it. Its a new very well maintained property. The rooms are in cottages and just 9 rooms in total. But each one has a restored 200 year old teak carved door and very clean and large rooms with picture windows overlooking the mountain ranges. All the accessories in the room also are from the same antique time. All this with in air-conditioned newly built cottages. The good part is the open to air bathrooms with sunlight pouring in which have all the basic necessities (shower, loo and basin - no tub) and very clean. The best part is that the cottages are so aesthetically constructed with stone pillars and red tiles that the colour scheme is not out of place in a single place. The swimming pool is huge, one of the largest Ive seen and very inviting. Though i didnt try Im sure its a great trekking destination as well with mountains in the vicinity.
Best Experience: ave stayed at many good 5 star resorts, but this one comes tops on service, thanks to the owner Raju staying within the resort and making sure you are absolutely comfortable. He made every meal to order and since I was there with my Grandparents he took special care to make food without Onion and Garlic. We mostly ate South Indian and the Rice, Sambar, Rasam, Vada and Idly was very good. They may not have multi cuisine restaurant, but very hospitable staff who are always smiling and ready to bend backwards to serve you, which is tough to find even at some of the best hotels.
Worst Experience: he toughest part was the approach so if you are staying here like the owner had warned me look at a Min 2 night stay to enjoy the resort as going to Kanyakumari town will take usually 45 mins which you may not want to do too many times.